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Factors Influencing Sample Size Determination

There are several factors that affect the determination of sample size: 1) The homogeneity or heterogeneity of the population being studied - more heterogeneous populations require larger samples. 2) The number of classes or groups being analyzed - more classes means a larger sample is needed. 3) Whether the study is general or intensive - general surveys need larger samples while technical surveys can have smaller samples. Sample size is also affected by 4) the sampling technique used, 5) the desired level of accuracy and confidence, and 6) the available financial resources, as larger samples are more expensive.

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Factors Influencing Sample Size Determination

There are several factors that affect the determination of sample size: 1) The homogeneity or heterogeneity of the population being studied - more heterogeneous populations require larger samples. 2) The number of classes or groups being analyzed - more classes means a larger sample is needed. 3) Whether the study is general or intensive - general surveys need larger samples while technical surveys can have smaller samples. Sample size is also affected by 4) the sampling technique used, 5) the desired level of accuracy and confidence, and 6) the available financial resources, as larger samples are more expensive.

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Factors affecting determination of

sample size
1.

Nature of Universe

Universe may be either homogenous or


heterogenous in nature . If the items of
the universe are homogenous, a small
sample can serve the purpose. If the
items are heterogenous, a large sample
would be required. Technically, this
can be termed as the dispersion factor.
2. Number of classes proposed
If many class groups are to be formed a
large sample would be required because
a small sample might not be able to
give a reasonable number of items in
each class group.
3. Nature of study
If items are to be intensively and
continuously studied, the sample should
be small. For a general survey the size
of the sample should be large, but a

small sample is considered appropriate


in technical surveys.
4. Type of Sampling
Sampling technique plays an important
part in determining the size of the
sample. A small random sample is apt
to be much superior to a larger but
badly selected samples.
5. Standard of accuracy and
acceptable confidence level
If the standard of accuracy or the level
of precision is to be kept high, we shall
require relatively larger sample. For
doubling the accuracy for a fixed
significance level, the sample size has
to be increased fourfold.
6. Availability of finance
In practice, size of the sample depends
upon the amount of money available for
the study purposes. This factor should
be kept in view while determining the

size of sample for larger samples result


in increasing the cost of sampling
estimates.
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Nature of units, size of the population,
size of questionnaire, availability of
trained investigators, the conditions
under which the sample is being
conducted, the time available for
completion of the study are a few other
consideration to which a researcher
must pay attention while selecting the
size of the sample.

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